All About The Boy

I can't help myself...I love talking about my kid.



The transition to the crib is still a work in progress, but in general the little man spends most of the night in his crib. I still get anxious/nervous at night. I have to talk myself down. I'm always fine until I shut off the light to go to sleep and then I start to worry. Silly, I know. I guess it's a mom thing. I usually end up getting up once more to check on him, before going to sleep myself.  Once I'm sleeping though, I kinda wish he would sleep a bit longer. Actually, it varies from night to night. Seems to be every other night we have a good night and then an not so good night. (Good news is tonight is scheduled to be a "good" one.) Good consists of around 5 hours of sleep in a row.  He's usually in his crib until 4-5 and then comes back in with me until it's time to get up. It's usually easier because he's harder to lay back down and keep him asleep after that. I was putting him down around 8:30, but I've since gone back to 9:30-10:00. Maybe one of these days I will solve the puzzle and know the magic time to get him down (probably right when Daylight Saving Time begins).

I continue to be amazed by him daily. You always hear people say that you they never felt so much love until they had a child. My whole heart swells when he smiles at me. He gives me these mischievous little grins sometimes, and I just know I'm gonna be in trouble when he starts moving!



His newest thing? He has learned to SCREAM. It's a scream/cry that says, "You better come pick me up RIGHT NOW!" and then promptly stops and smiles when we do. Fortunately I am "trained" in this area from all my years in daycare. We're gonna nip this one in the bud right away. As long as we know there is nothing wrong I won't pick him up and neither will Daddy. At least not right away. That just starts a vicious little cycle and then you end up with a baby on your hip 24/7. Obviously I won't let him cry and cry either. Sometimes he just needs something new to do. Last night he was screaming his head off. Jacob started to play Rock Band and Daniel went crazy! He was so excited and kicking his feet like a wild man!

Also, I'm very happy to say that Daniel finally took another bottle last night. I hadn't been trying hard, but in 2 months, Grandma and Grandpa will be baby-sitting while we go to Chicago, so I have make make sure he will take them. He refused them a couple of times, but I got faster flow nipples for them, and he downed the bottle for Jacob last night. Victory!

Next weekend Daniel and I are going on another road trip together. (This Stay-at-Home Mom thing is THEE BEST JOB in the world!). This time we're heading to Chariton to go visit my grandma. Kendra is on Spring Break then and she's going to drive down too. Super excited!! (Except the whole 6 hour drive, but at least Daniel is a trooper in the car).

Well, I've rambled enough for this post. :)